No civil society can live without the blessings of the EPRDF.

Gizachew Shiferaw (Eng.), President of the United for Democracy & Justice (UDJ) Party, said this whilst explaining why democratic elections have become a challenge in Ethiopia. Everything is getting closed, Gizachew noted, in his exclusive interview with Addis Guday – a weekly Amharic magazine – published on March 2014.